Description: The Killdeer mountains of North Dakota are located a short distance northwest of the town of Killdeer. This area is part of the badlands and was the site of the infamous Battle of Killdeer Mountain. EcoFlight flew members of the Killdeer Mountain Alliance over the scenic area’s of these mountains and the nearby oil and gas development, which is threatening cultural, historical and recreational uses of the region. Continue reading...

Every spring, millions of ducks and geese pass through the Prairie Pothole Region to nest in the grasslands. After glaciers from the last ice age receded, they left behind the largest grassland in the world, the Great Plains of North America.

Description: Theodore Roosevelt National Park includes three geographically separate units located in western North Dakota on the badlands. The Little Missouri River runs through all three units of the park, with a combined total of 110 square miles. Continue reading...

Description: The Bakken formation, located in western North Dakota, northeast Montana and part of Canada, is considered to be one of the United States largest oil and gas basins. Since 2008, more than 4,000 new wells have been drilled in the formation.